Bernie, Missouri - After winning their home opener against the Richland Rebels, the Lady Mules stepped onto the court once again just one night later in an exciting match up against the Lady Bulldogs of Sikeston.
The junior varsity Lady Mules won both of their sets against Sikeston 25-10, 25-10 and are now 2-0 on the season going into the Bernie Junior Varsity Tournament which begins are Thursday, August 25th.
Cassidy Freed had a great night with 5 aces, 3 kills, and 4 digs. Nia Walker had 3 aces. Ryleigh Foster had 2 aces and Emily Sheehan finished the night with 1 ace.
Makayla Turner led the team with 7 kills. Ryleigh Foster completed 2 kills.
The varsity Lady Mules (2-0) won both of their sets against the Sikeston Lady Dogs 25-13, 25-19.
The team had a total of 6 aces. Kayli Tanner and Taylor Lovelady each had 2 aces. Morgan Baker and Cymber Arnold each added one ace.
Mabree Stone led in kills with 7 followed closely by Kayli Tanner with 5 kills. Cymber Arnold had 4 kills and Morgan Baker had 3 kills.
Kayli Tanner also had 3 solo blocks and 2 block assists. Cymber Arnold had 1 block assist.
"The varsity came out strong in the first set with at one point the score being 19-7," commented Bernie head volleyball coach Monica Collier. "Sikeston gained some momentum and was able to score 6 straight points. We finally took charge and made the last 6 poins to win the first set 25-13."
"In the second set we struggled a bit with some personal errors and the score went back and forth making it an exciting game," continued Collier. "At one point Sikeston was ahead in points with a lead of 16-14, but we did a great job of getting their mind set to gain control of the game and fix their errors. We dominated the latter half to win 25-19.
"I am very proud of them, especially when I saw a determination rise in them to stop making mistakes and play volleyball the way they are capable of playing."
The junior varsity will host a tournament beginning on Thursday, August 24th. The varsity will be back in action on Monday, August 29th traveling to Notre Dame High School. Game time 6:00 p.m.
Bernie, Missouri - The Bernie Mules kicked off their season hosting the Richland Lady Rebels on Monday, August 22nd. Due to Richland only having one complete team, their varsity played two sets against the Bernie varsity first and two sets against the Bernie junior varsity team.
The varsity Mules defeated the Rebels 25-3, 25-7. Taylor Lovelady had a great night serving 7 aces. Madissen Corbin had 4 aces, Mabree Stone had 2 aces, Cymber Arnold had 2 aces and Morgan Baker finished with 1 ace.
Kayli Tanner led with 5 kills and 1 block. Morgan Baker had two kills. Cymber Arnold, Madisson Wooldridge, and Taylor Anthony each had one kill.
Morgan Baker had 9 assists and Kayli Tanner had one assist.
The Bernie Junior Varsity also won both of their sets 25-9, 25-7.
Emily Sheehan and Ryleigh Foster each had 4 aces. Cassidy Freed had 3 aces and Daisy Eaton had 1 ace.
Makayla Turner had 3 kills. Nia Walker an dryleigh Foster each had 2 kills and Daisy Eaton had one kill.
"Overall, Bernie played very well," commented Bernie head volleyball coach Monica Collier. "We were very excited to get the season started and lood forward to a great season."
"Our goal is to improve with every game and practice," continued Collier.
Bernie, Missouri - The 2016 Bernie Basketball Camp is slated for Monday, July 18th - Wednesday, July 20th at the High School gym.
Both boys and girls entering 3rd grade - 8th grade may participate. Athletes do not have to attend Bernie School District to be eligible to attend.
Students entering grades 3rd - 5th will have their session from 8:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m..
Students entering grades 6th - 8th will be held from 10:30 a.m. - noon each day.
The cost for the camp is $25.00. Camp t-shirts will also be distributed.
Athletes are to wear clean tennis shoes, shorts, and a t-shirt each day.
They will learn ball handling, shooting, defense, rebounding, and passing. In addition to those fundamentals there will be daily scrimmages.
Each age group will also have daily contests of different skills and an overall camp winner at the end on Wednesday will be announced.
Parents are encouraged to come the last day of the camp to watch the final contests.
For more information or if you are unable to pay the entry fee, please contact Brad Botsch at (573) 293-5334 ext 232 (school) or (573) 276-8305 (cell) or email to botschb@bernie.k12.mo.us. You may also contact Jason Long at (573) 293-5334 (school) or email to longj@bernie.k12.mo.us.
Campbell, Missouri - The Bernie Mules scored 4 runs in the first inning on their way to a Class 2, District 1 baseball semifinal win over the Bloomfield Wildcats on Monday evening in Campbell.
"We played pretty well today," commented Bernie baseball Coach Darrin Shipman. "We grinded out some at bats in the first and were able to put some runs on the board."
"It was big to get them and allow Trey to settle in and pitch with a lead," continued Shipman. "He really thre well today and did a great job of keeping the ball down and getting ground balls."
Beck hit a solo home run to left center to start the bottom of the first. Foster had a hit with two outs and Brown beat out the throw form third on a ground ball down the line. Kirkpatrick hit a three-run home run to center to make it 4-0 in the first.
Bernie added a run in the third on a hit by Brock Beacham, a walk to Brown, and intentional walk to Brown (second and third w/2 outs). Dalton Hobgood bet out an infield hit to deep short for a RBI.
Trey Kirkpatrick pitched 6 1/3 innings giving up 0 runs and allowing only 2 hits.
Final Score: Bloomfield 0 Bernie 5 Class 2 District 1 Semi-final
WP--Trey Kirkpatrick 6 1/3 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 5 K, 4 BB
LP--Tim Hector 6 IP, 5 R, 7 H, 11 K, 3 BB
Multiple hits: B--Barnett--2-4
"It was nice to see us play a clean game defensively. We faced a good team that is well coached and their pitcher did a great job," stated Shipman. "Hopefully, we can bring our best effort against a tremendous team in Cooter as we play for the district championship."
The Bernie Mules will take on Cooter at Campbell Tuesday, May 17, 2016 at 4:00 p.m.
Bernie, Missouri - The Bernie Mules improved their record to 16-5 defeated Leopold 9 - 1 on Tuesday afternoon.
Leopold scored a run in the first on three hits. The run scored as Bernie catcher threw out a runner trying to steal second.
Bernie scored 3 runs in the first on doubles by Beck and Kirkpatrick and a walk to Brown and a hit by Hobgood.
The Mules scored three runs in the third on a hit by Beck, hit batter, a RBI-double by Kirkpatrick and a two-RBI double by Foster.
Kirkpatrick had a two-run single in the fourth.
WP--Blake Beacham 3 IP, 1 R, 4 H, 2 K, 2 BB
LP--Leazenby
The game was called after five innings due to severe weather in the area.
"We played decently although there were a few plays that we should have made and didn't," commented head baseball coach Darrin Shipman. "We just need to continue to work to clean those up. We hit ok. We just need to keep getting better as we head into the final few weeks before district."
The Bernie Mules will travel to Holcomb on Wednesday. Game time 4:15 p.m. Bernie will host Campbell on Friday at 4:30 p.m.
